Directors Notes
By MarBelle
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Podcast Description
Directors Notes is a weekly podcast dedicated to independent filmmaking. Each week we feature in-depth interviews with directors, discussing how they took their ideas from concept to screen. We also bring you our featured films, so you can be entertained by the best in drama, music videos, animations, documentaries and experimental art pieces, whilst our guests reveal just how great films are made.
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| 1 | VideoWhat You Need – Nickolas Duarte | What You Need (2011) A little boy who is half-monkey wanders through his benign life as both a hermit and an explorer. He cares little for school and his human classmates, oftentimes opting to pick on the homeless folks downtown. Unsure of his purpose, th | 6/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DN247: Tempest – Rob Curry & Anthony Fletcher | In their experimental documentary Tempest, Rob Curry and Anthony Fletcher reimagine and repurpose Shakesphere’s play as a commentary on the lives of modern day South London youths. They join us this week to discuss pushing the format to another, cha | 5/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoTempest – Rob Curry & Anthony Fletcher | Tempest (2012) Tempest is both a celebration of contemporary urban youth culture, and a 21st Century re-imagining of Shakespeare’s last great play. 17 young actors from South London struggle to put on a production. Their story unfolds alongside Pros | 5/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DN246: Sightseers – Ben Wheatley | Every time director Ben Wheatley puts out a film it invariably makes its way onto my top ten list for that year (2009, 2011), so it’s pretty clear he’s a filmmaker whose work strikes a cord with me. Given that his third outing Sightseers, writ | 5/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DN245: A Shadow of Blue – Carlos Lascano | Ever since I (and 9 million+ others) saw Argentinean director Carlos Lascano’s A Short Love Story in Stop Motion I’ve been dying to get him onto DN for an interview. It may have taken four years, but Carlos finally made it on to discuss his ne | 5/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoA Shadow of Blue – Carlos Lascano | A Shadow of Blue (2011) A touching story in which fantasy and reality merge to make dreams come true. How determining can reality be, and how can fantasy unleash an unexpected freedom? Can a fragile world of lights and shadows show us more than a silhouet | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DN244: Wishful, Sinful – Brad Bores | Self financed, shot at weekends with a skeleton crew and released online for free, Brad Bores’ Wishful, Sinful could be said to be the definition of the indie feature. Brad joins us this week to discuss finding your film cinematically during the pro | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoWishful, Sinful – Brad Bores | Wishful, Sinful (2011) A brutally honest and sometimes humorous view of two small town guys failing at mediocre lives. You can watch the full 72 minute Wishful, Sinful feature for free over on NoBudge now. | 5/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DN243: JT vs. the Good Guys – Chris Shimojima | Chris Shimojima’s JT vs. the Good Guys turns the tables on what we’ve come to expect from the high school bully narrative. We speak to Chris about confounding audience expectations and why your mom might be the best location manager you can fi | 4/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoJT vs. the Good Guys – Chris Shimojima | JT vs. the Good Guys (2012) A group of high school kids meet to play Frisbee. One is JT, whose attempts at being a tough guy fail miserably. He’s losing the popular girl to the quiet guy, and worse, the others seem glad about it. But JT does not ste | 4/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DN242: BEAR – Carlos Lopez Estrada | Freshly returned from an inspiring trip to SXSW, director Carlos Lopez Estrada quickly gathered a team to create the stylised animation / live action piece BEAR. Carlos joins us to discuss the satisfaction to be had when you leave an audience with enough | 4/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoBEAR – Carlos Lopez Estrada | BEAR (2012) A fable about change. | 4/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DN241: Town of Runners – Jerry Rothwell | It wasn’t until I’d invited documentary director Jerry Rothwell to discuss his latest feature Town of Runners that I realised I’d been a fan of his work for many years, through films such as Deep Water and Heavy Load. Jerry and I discuss | 4/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoTown of Runners – Jerry Rothwell | Town of Runners (2011) Town of Runners is a feature documentary about the fortunes of young athletes from the Ethiopian rural town of Bekoji home to the Olympic and World champions Tirunesh Dibaba and Kenenisa Bekele. The film follows two girls who are ke | 4/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DN240: Bruno – Alvaro San José | When I happened across Alvaro San José’s short Bruno I was totally taken by its lyrical, dialogue free beauty, even more so on discovering it was his debut film. Alvaro joins us this week to discuss putting together his first production and creating | 4/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoBruno – Alvaro San José | Bruno (2012) A world about to collapse, where amazement exists. What impresses us? What do names hide? The same old story seems to repeat itself, like a ritual. We are both contemporary and ancient all through the centuries. | 4/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DN239: Fubar – HaZ Dulull | If like me it’s your natural instinct to avoid online cat movies at all costs, HaZ Dulull’s epic conspiracy, battlefield short Fubar is likely to make you re-evaluate that stance. HaZ joins me to discuss reissuing a redux version of Fubar clos | 3/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoFubar – HaZ Dulull | Fubar (2011) An epic story of an on-going political war told in an alternate reality with cat and dogs. | 3/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoDN238: Doctor Glamour – Andrew W Jones | Proving that he’s lost none of his crazy, imaginative approach to storytelling since he last joined us, director Andrew W Jones returns to DN with his rock n roll musical featuring the Techno Glove-o-Love wielding, transdimensional astronaut Doctor | 3/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoDoctor Glamour – Andrew W Jones | Doctor Glamour (2012) A genius scientist contacts another dimension to save the woman he loves, summoning a flamboyant rock & roll superhero. | 3/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DN237: A Morning Stroll – Grant Orchard | Grant Orchard’s animation A Morning Stroll has been making quiet a splash across the festival circuit, picking up awards at both BAFTA and Sundance, along with an Oscar nomination. Grant joins us to discuss creating the film with Studio AKA down tim | 3/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoA Morning Stroll – Grant Orchard | A Morning Stroll (2011) When a New Yorker walks past a chicken on his morning stroll, we’re left to wonder which one is the real city slicker… | 3/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DN236: Solipsist – Andrew Huang | Director Andrew Huang joined us in 2007 with his experimental short Doll Face. He’s back today with the online launch of his captivating art film Solipsist. We discuss meeting etiquette and drawing inspiration from a variety of sources, be they Budd | 3/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoSolipsist – Andrew Huang | Solipsist (2011) A three part psychedelic fantasy short film about otherworldly beings whose minds and bodies converge into one entity. Solipsist will be making its online premiere later today, along with our exclusive interview with director Andrew Huang | 3/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DN235: Chalk – Martina Amati | We’re joined this week by BAFTA winning director Martina Amati to discuss her recently BAFTA nominated short Chalk, set on the verge of puberty, within the confines of a gymnastic training camp. Martina discusses the disruption broken bones can caus | 3/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | VideoChalk – Martina Amati | Chalk (2010) When a gymnast is selected for the National training camp she discovers something new about bodies, boys and friendship. | 3/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DN234: Elsewhere – Mathy & Fran | I’m a big fan of the isolated lovers on the run story structure so was naturally drawn to London directing duo Mathy & Fran’s latest film Elsewhere. The pair joined me to discuss bringing parallel scripts together, and why you should be w | 2/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | VideoElsewhere – Mathy & Fran | Elsewhere (2010) Two ‘lovers on the run’ head into the middle of nowhere, armed only with strange trinkets and a silver boombox. A journey of love, loss and destruction, all set to a mixtape cassette. | 2/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DN233: Girl Model – Ashley Sabin & David Redmon | We last spoke to documentary director Ashley Sabin back in 2007 for Kamp Katrina, the feature doc she co-directed with David Redmon. She joins us again to discuss their new documentary, Girl Model and how access can shape the form of a project from the ea | 2/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 30 | VideoGirl Model – Ashley Sabin & David Redmon | Girl Model (2011) Told through the eyes of a 13-year-old Siberian girl and the American scout who discovered her, Girl Model follows a complex global supply chain of young girls sent abroad to seek their fortunes in the unregulated and often murky world o | 2/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DN232: Destiny Lives Down the Road – Daneeta Loretta & Patrick Jackson | For their post-Katrina, coming of age story Daneeta Loretta & Patrick Jackson drew from fact to create the powerful docudrama short Destiny Lives Down the Road. They join me to discuss utilising production techniques that maximise their crew of two, | 2/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 32 | VideoDestiny Lives Down the Road – Daneeta Loretta & Patrick Jackson | Destiny Lives Down the Road (2011) Living in a small town sucks for seventeen year old Destiny, especially after an environmental disaster. Deadbeat dad, mom drunk every night, her fantasy is to dance her way out of this hell hole and bring her sisters to | 2/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DN231: Any Day Now – Matt Jay | Matt Jay’s short Any Day Now explores the life of a young woman as she attempts to navigate a new city and her role as ‘the other woman’. Matt joins us to discuss moving beyond a scandal to reveal the motivations of those involved and us | 2/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 34 | VideoAny Day Now – Matt Jay | Any Day Now (2011) Twenty-three year old small town beauty Sam has just arrived in New York. Pulling her there, are hardly fleshed out hopes of a modeling career. Following her there, is a long standing relationship with a married politician, that may or | 2/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DN230: Left Right – Tom Willems | Most directors know that if they can concentrate on pulling great performances from their actors the battle’s half won, but it’s not quite that simple when your leads are a pair of hands. Director Tom Willems joins us this week to discuss how | 1/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 36 | VideoLeft Right – Tom Willems | Left Right (2011) What if your left arm gets jealous of your right arm? The left arm of Boris is jealous of the right one. After 35 years of neglect, it decides to take matters into his own hand(s). | 1/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DN229: The Father – David Easteal | Director David Easteal’s short The Father explores redemption and sacrifice after an unnamed dereliction of duty. David joins us to discuss capturing reality and how it’s possible for an audience to discover themes in a film its director was u | 1/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 38 | VideoThe Father – David Easteal | The Father (2011) Haunted by his past, a man searches for forgiveness. Getting it however, may come at a cost. | 1/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DN228: Tower Block – Nikias Chryssos | Nikias Chryssos’ short Tower Block is the exception to the rule of keeping shorts under the 20 minute mark. Running at nearly 40 minutes it’s an enthralling blend of social realism and flights of fancy, which tell the story of a young boy̵ | 1/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 40 | VideoTower Block – Nikias Chryssos | Tower Block (2006) Daniel and his older brother Patrick live together in a tower block in Germany. Patrick forces Daniel to go around collecting money and plays sadistic games with him. Daniel escapes into fantasy worlds. As he suffers more and more from | 1/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 40 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
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the what, how & why of independent filmmaking
There are two types of podcasts I don't enjoy: 1. The guy in his basement ranting and rambling into low-quality computer mike 2. The over-developed, high on fluff, low on content, podcast-wanna-be-radio show Thankfully, Directors Notes is neither of these, with interesting, well produced content and not a lot of beating around the bush. Every week, MarBelle posts an audio interview with an independent director (mp3), a large quicktime clip from his or her film, and sometimes the script, storyboards and moodboard. The films range from feature length documentaries to 30 second animated shorts with everything in between. The interviews themselves are engaging and to-the point, with guests from all over the world who approach film-making from many different backgrounds. The questions in the interview are researched and specific, making for a conversation both interesting and informative. For someone who is trying to learn film-making on their own, Directors Notes is a godsend. The 85 odd archived shows are well worth downloading.
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Amazing podcast, totally informative and a great interview style by the host. I enjoy the diverse range of guests and the broad sense of cinema presented. This is probably one of the best film-related podcasts on iTunes and I look forward to each new episode with great anticipation.
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